Published: Aug 21, 2015

Village farmers have won an award for a new fruit juice made from leftover apples and pears in their orchards.

Published: Aug 21, 2015

Cranberries could be key to combating bowel cancer, according to a study offering new hope to sufferers of a disease that kills almost 16,200 people in the UK each year.

Published: Aug 21, 2015

There has been some concern recently in Turkey's fresh produce industry about the misapplication of a chemical on Turkish figs. Because fig exports are such an important part of the industry, growers, exporters and government officials have taken steps to

Published: Aug 20, 2015

Soda Folk is an award-winning, emerging drinks brand pioneering American craft sodas in the UK. Launching nationwide with their fiery Root Beer and lusciously sweet, Great Taste Award winning Cream Soda, Soda Folk has already secured listings with Selfrid

Published: Aug 20, 2015

Surprised to see how the Dutch people, whose culture is alien to the consumption of insects, have expressed interest in entomology with a scientific and commercial vision, a Mexican researcher is working on a project that seeks to exploit the oil and prot

Published: Aug 20, 2015

Sainsbury’s is rolling out its successful Brand Match scheme to online orders from Wednesday 19th August, as part of its longstanding commitment to ensure it offers customers great value on grocery brands.

Published: Aug 20, 2015

A study published in Obesity shows that consuming a high-protein breakfast (containing 35 g of protein) may prevent body fat gain, reduce daily food intake and feelings of hunger, and stabilize glucose levels among overweight teens who would normally skip

Published: Aug 20, 2015

A study published in Cell Metabolism shows that restricting dietary fat may be more effective at lowering body fat than a low-carb diet. The researchers studied 19 obese men and women over two extended visits during which time the participants ate the sa

Published: Aug 20, 2015

When thinking about creating a multisensory experience, it is important to realize that flavor perception involves all five senses. So let’s redefine “flavor." Flavor is more than just the five primary tastes in the mouth.

Published: Aug 20, 2015

Ever wonder what that the words triple-washed or pre-washed on a bag of baby spinach mean? Not much according to engineers. They discovered that small peaks and valleys in baby spinach leaves could be a key reason why there have been numerous bacterial ou

Published: Aug 20, 2015

Recent reports reveal that in the globalised era farming will move towards meat and milk production from traditional rice and grain agriculture in line with the changing consumer tastes.

Published: Aug 19, 2015

Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss is calling on retailers to better label British produce in supermarkets, in a bid to support struggling dairy farmers in the country.

Published: Aug 19, 2015

Nisa Retail Limited is recalling some packs of its Heritage 4 Cupcakes price-marked £1 because of a production error meaning the presence of soya is not mentioned as an ingredient on the packaging of the product. This means the product is a possible healt

Published: Aug 19, 2015

Inventure Foods, Inc. continues to build upon its successful Jamba At-Home line of smoothie kits with the introduction of USDA certified-organic varieties of its top-selling Strawberries Wild® and Razzmatazz® flavors.

Published: Aug 19, 2015

America’s national food could be considered barbecue. Popular across the country, its appeal is tied to regional taste and flavor preferences. In the August issue of Food Technology magazine published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), associat

Published: Aug 19, 2015

A ban on growing genetically-modified crops in Scotland could threaten the country's contribution to scientific research, according to scientists, universities and farming leaders.

Published: Aug 19, 2015

Think you'd like the food on your plate more if it was moving? Off-hand, your mind might go to images of worms and other small critters -- an unappealing proposition. But a new study provides rationale for the common use of depictions of food in motion on

Published: Aug 19, 2015

A high-fat diet may impair important receptors located in the stomach that signal fullness, researchers have discovered. They investigated the association between hot chilli pepper receptors (TRPV1) in the stomach and the feeling of fullness, in laborator

Published: Aug 19, 2015

A multifaceted farming intervention can reduce food insecurity while improving HIV outcomes in patients in Kenya, according to a randomized, controlled trial.

Published: Aug 18, 2015

The future of fresh produce for Pacific military bases hangs in the balance this month as Congress holds closed-door negotiations on the 2016 defense budget.